When the days of weeping for him were past, Yosef spoke to the house of Par`oh, saying, *If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Par`oh, saying,
'My father made me swear, saying, *Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Kena`an.* Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.'*